Question 1

What measures the number of people a firm can communicate with all over the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information 
B)  Mass communication 
C)  Information reach 
D)  Cybertronics 
A)  Information 
B)  Mass communication 
C)  Information reach 
D)  Cybertronics C

Question 2

What occurs when steps are added to the value chain as new players find ways to add value to the business process?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intermediaries 
B)  Disintermediation 
C)  Reintermediation 
D)  Cybermediation 
A)  Intermediaries 
B)  Disintermediation 
C)  Reintermediation 
D)  Cybermediation C

Question 3

Disruptive technology tends to provide us with better,faster,and cheaper products.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

What is the ability of an organization to tailor its products or services to the customers' specifications?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personalization 
B)  Long tail 
C)  Mass customization 
D)  Information reach 
A)  Personalization 
B)  Long tail 
C)  Mass customization 
D)  Information reach

Question 5

Which of the following produces an improved product,customers are eager to buy,such as a faster car or larger hard drive?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sustaining technology 
B)  Disruptive technology 
C)  Reputation system 
D)  Personalization 
A)  Sustaining technology 
B)  Disruptive technology 
C)  Reputation system 
D)  Personalization

Question 6

The Innovator's Dilemma suggests that established companies can take advantage of ___________ without hindering existing relationships with customers,partners,and stakeholders.

Accepted Answer

A)  sustaining technologies 
B)  existing investments 
C)  collective intelligence 
D)  disruptive technologies 
A)  sustaining technologies 
B)  existing investments 
C)  collective intelligence 
D)  disruptive technologies

Question 7

M&M's offers people the opportunity to order the candy in special colors or with customized sayings.How would you classify M&M's ebusiness strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information richness 
B)  Mass customization 
C)  Personalization 
D)  Interactivity 
A)  Information richness 
B)  Mass customization 
C)  Personalization 
D)  Interactivity

Question 8

Which of the following are types of web browsers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Microsoft Word and Excel 
B)  Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox 
C)  Facebook and MySpace 
D)  All of these 
A)  Microsoft Word and Excel 
B)  Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox 
C)  Facebook and MySpace 
D)  All of these

Question 9

What is the exact pattern of a consumer's navigation through a site?

Accepted Answer

A)  Web browsing 
B)  Hypertext 
C)  Clickstream data 
D)  Web data 
A)  Web browsing 
B)  Hypertext 
C)  Clickstream data 
D)  Web data

Question 10

Dell Inc.ranks highest on the list for expecting returns from new investments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What does digital Darwinism imply?

Accepted Answer

A)  Organizations that can adapt to the new demands placed on them for surviving in the information age are doomed to extinction. 
B)  Organizations that cannot adapt to the new demands placed on them for surviving in the information age are doomed to extinction. 
C)  Organizations that can adapt to new information systems are doomed to extinction. 
D)  Organizations that cannot adapt to new information systems are doomed to exile. 
A)  Organizations that can adapt to the new demands placed on them for surviving in the information age are doomed to extinction. 
B)  Organizations that cannot adapt to the new demands placed on them for surviving in the information age are doomed to extinction. 
C)  Organizations that can adapt to new information systems are doomed to extinction. 
D)  Organizations that cannot adapt to new information systems are doomed to exile.

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of a disruptive technology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Oracle's database software 
B)  Sony's transistor-based consumer electronics (transistor radio) 
C)  Intel's low-end microprocessors 
D)  All of these 
A)  Oracle's database software 
B)  Sony's transistor-based consumer electronics (transistor radio) 
C)  Intel's low-end microprocessors 
D)  All of these

Question 13

Many social media sites today allow you to customize your web address,for example,www.facebook.com/Womenwithdrive.What is an alternate name for a web address such as www.apple.com?

Accepted Answer

A)  Digital bookmark 
B)  Internet bookmark 
C)  Universal resource locator 
D)  Web browser 
A)  Digital bookmark 
B)  Internet bookmark 
C)  Universal resource locator 
D)  Web browser

Question 14

Information __________ measures the number of people a firm can communicate with all over the world.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Information __________ measures the number of people...

Question 15

Compare disruptive and sustaining technologies,and explain how the Internet and WWW caused business disruption.

Accepted Answer

Disruptive technologies offer a new way

Question 16

What occurs when a business sells directly to the customer online and cuts out the middle man?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intermediaries 
B)  Disintermediation 
C)  Reintermediation 
D)  Cybermediation 
A)  Intermediaries 
B)  Disintermediation 
C)  Reintermediation 
D)  Cybermediation

Question 17

What is information reach?

Accepted Answer

A)  A global public network of computer networks that pass information from one to another using common computer protocols. 
B)  The depth and breadth of information transferred between customers and businesses. 
C)  Measures the number of people a firm can communicate with all over the world. 
D)  Occurs when those with access to technology have great advantages over those without access to technology. 
A)  A global public network of computer networks that pass information from one to another using common computer protocols. 
B)  The depth and breadth of information transferred between customers and businesses. 
C)  Measures the number of people a firm can communicate with all over the world. 
D)  Occurs when those with access to technology have great advantages over those without access to technology.

Question 18

What refers to the creation of new kinds of intermediaries that simply could not have existed before the advent of ebusiness,including comparison-shopping sites such as Kelkoo and bank account aggregation services such as Citibank?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intermediaries 
B)  Disintermediation 
C)  Reintermediation 
D)  Cybermediation 
A)  Intermediaries 
B)  Disintermediation 
C)  Reintermediation 
D)  Cybermediation

Question 19

The WWW provides access to Internet information,including text,graphics,audio,and video files,through documents that use a special formatting language called ________ markup language.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The WWW provides access to Internet information,including...

Question 20

A company can reduce its costs by using ebusiness to change its business processes.Which of the following does not represent an example of how a company can reduce its costs through ebusiness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Creating an online travel reservation. 
B)  Ordering a product online. 
C)  Researching products to find the lowest price and visiting the store to purchase the item. 
D)  All of these. 
A)  Creating an online travel reservation. 
B)  Ordering a product online. 
C)  Researching products to find the lowest price and visiting the store to purchase the item. 
D)  All of these.

Exam 13: Creating Innovative Organizations

What measures the number of people a firm can communicate with all over the world?

What occurs when steps are added to the value chain as new players find ways to add value to the business process?

Disruptive technology tends to provide us with better,faster,and cheaper products.

What is the ability of an organization to tailor its products or services to the customers' specifications?

Which of the following produces an improved product,customers are eager to buy,such as a faster car or larger hard drive?

The Innovator's Dilemma suggests that established companies can take advantage of ___________ without hindering existing relationships with customers,partners,and stakeholders.

M&M's offers people the opportunity to order the candy in special colors or with customized sayings.How would you classify M&M's ebusiness strategy?

Which of the following are types of web browsers?

What is the exact pattern of a consumer's navigation through a site?

Dell Inc.ranks highest on the list for expecting returns from new investments.

What does digital Darwinism imply?

Which of the following is an example of a disruptive technology?

Many social media sites today allow you to customize your web address,for example,www.facebook.com/Womenwithdrive.What is an alternate name for a web address such as www.apple.com?

Information __________ measures the number of people a firm can communicate with all over the world.

Compare disruptive and sustaining technologies,and explain how the Internet and WWW caused business disruption.

What occurs when a business sells directly to the customer online and cuts out the middle man?

What is information reach?

What refers to the creation of new kinds of intermediaries that simply could not have existed before the advent of ebusiness,including comparison-shopping sites such as Kelkoo and bank account aggregation services such as Citibank?

The WWW provides access to Internet information,including text,graphics,audio,and video files,through documents that use a special formatting language called ________ markup language.

A company can reduce its costs by using ebusiness to change its business processes.Which of the following does not represent an example of how a company can reduce its costs through ebusiness?

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing Organizational Information

Storing Organizational Information-Databases

Accessing Organizational Information-Data Warehouse

Enabling the Organization-Decision Making

Extending the Organization-Supply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organization-Customer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to End-Enterprise Resource Planning

Ebusiness

Creating Collaborative Partnerships

Integrating Wireless Technology in Business

Developing Software to Streamline Operations

Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

Managing Organizational Projects

Developing a 21st-Century Organization

Business Basics

Business Process

Hardware and Software Basics

Mis Infrastructures

Networks and Telecommunications

Information Security

Ethics

Operations Management

Sustainable Mis Infrastructures

Business Intelligence

Global Information Systems

Global Trends

Filters